If you can see it, you can appraise it."
Lin Bai made up his mind, activating his Eye of Appraisal to quickly examine the spirit's details, while simultaneously consuming his Power of Faith to maintain his special Eye of Space.
The Eye of Appraisal was slow, but Lin Bai disregarded the consumption, enduring the heartache of drawing upon the power of the world to strengthen it. With the ever-reliable power of the world depleted, the Eye of Appraisal immediately produced a result.
[Star Servant Spirit]
[Astral Titans hatch from planets, absorbing the power of an entire planet to grow, making them top-tier life forms in the astral plane. Star Servants are special life forms created by radiation during the hatching of Astral Titans. They share the fate of the Astral Titan; if the Titan dies, the Star Servant will perish. They are servants who specifically seek out planets for the Astral Titan to devour.]
[This Star Servant survived the death of the Astral Titan, absorbing the power of the Titan's remains to maintain its spirit's immortality. Over millions of years, its power has not diminished but increased, possessing extremely strong spiritual power, enough to influence the rules with its mental strength. Below the level of gods, it is virtually invincible.] However, limited by the seal, the Star Servant Spirit could only exert one percent of its power, slightly affecting the outside world.
Lin Bai's lips twitched involuntarily after reading the information.
In other words, the attack he had just unleashed with all his might and all his trump cards was only one percent of the opponent's power, and she might not even have been serious.
Lin Bai considered retreating. Aside from consuming some energy, he seemed to have lost nothing, and the third task on the panel already showed as completed. It was better to retreat first; after all, he had already obtained the guaranteed reward plus two extra rewards, so there was no need to risk his life.
However, Lin Bai couldn't move his legs. After seeing the corpse of the Astral Titan, his small world felt an incredibly strong desire. Astral creatures could harm and devour the world's origin, and the world could also devour and merge with astral creatures.
Lin Bai had a premonition that as long as his small world merged with the corpse of the Astral Titan, he could transform into a true world master. He wouldn't even bother actively cultivating his low-level soul power; with the support of the world's power, he could progress rapidly: Soul King in one day, Soul Saint in two days, Title Douluo in three days, Limit in four days, and ascend to godhood in five days.
However, the entire Titan's corpse was sealed, and to get close, the beast-transformation curse had to be broken.
Like a bucket of cold water poured over him, Lin Bai calmed down.
"The Ayala tribe is just a small tribe on the outskirts of the plateau, and there are two or three enemies among them that I find troublesome. Killing them all to break the seal is absolutely impossible for me right now."
Lin Bai's eyes flickered. "Moreover, this is the method suggested by the Star Servant Spirit, and it might not even work. It's a pity its strength is too great; otherwise, I could have feigned compliance and then backed out later."
Finally, Lin Bai sighed, reason suppressing greed. He was never one to be impatient for quick success, but the opportunity to rise to the top was right before him, yet he missed it because of his weak strength—it was truly heartbreaking.
"Perhaps… I could try to move a section of the Titan's body out." Once
the thought arose in Lin Bai's mind, he couldn't stop himself. He flew into the sky, carefully observing the ten-thousand-meter-long corpse. The larger the seal, the more likely it was to have a loophole. He didn't need much; just a little bit would suffice.
Through this observation, Lin Bai discovered some clues. As the sun rose, countless acts of slaughter had taken place across the plateau overnight. Under the Eye of Space, all anomalies causing spatial fluctuations were impossible to hide.
Numerous energies from all directions traversed space, drilling into the seal, replenishing its energy while simultaneously corrupting the corpse of the Astral Titan.
This process was slow; if it weren't for the spatial fluctuations caused by the sealing magic array, Lin Bai would have been completely unaware.
"The Beastification Curse is both energy and a means of modification. The Beast God obtained the Titan's body, but instead of dissecting and extracting materials, he painstakingly sealed and modified it. Could it be that he wants to seize the powerful body of the Astral Titan?"
Astral Titans can use magic, but compared to their seemingly unchanging bodies, magic is merely a skill used by mortals. Even low-level gods would find it difficult to harm them, demonstrating the terrifying defense of the Astral Titans.
If the Beast God coveted the Titan's body, then everything makes sense. He set up a seal, captured humans from somewhere, modified them, and created the beast-like curse that could both serve as energy and subtly transform the Titans.
The reason he didn't use orcs was probably because of the curse's contagiousness.
Lin Bai became increasingly convinced of his reasoning and stated his conclusion. Unsurprisingly, a cold voice echoed from the dungeon.
[All optional tasks have been completed. Rewards can be claimed upon completion.]
"Only the main quest remains. Give me a day, and I should be able to completely remove the curse."
Lin Bai scratched his head, sensing the frustration of speedrunners. What kind of puzzle-solving tasks were these? They offered absolutely no challenge.
But it's no wonder they were so simple. After seeing the Titan's remains, there were only a few possibilities. Spending time would eventually lead to the correct answer.
"It's not too late to leave before the dungeon closes. The most urgent task is to find a way to extract a portion of the Titan's body, but this seal shows no weakness. I have to suspect that the Beast God used his divine essence as the sealing center."
"Relying on the recall effect of faith on gods to seek resurrection as a god and Titan, if that's really the case, this Beast God's methods are indeed brilliant, but a bit insane."
If it were Lin Bai, he certainly wouldn't be willing to give up everything for a god just to gamble on a minuscule possibility. Of course, if the universe were destroyed, the Beast God might have no other choice.
He closed his eyes, stopping the consumption of his faith power. In just half a minute, the energy in his divine essence had been consumed by thirty percent.
Lin Bai suddenly opened his eyes, his eyes bright.
"There's another way. I'm no match for the Star Servant Spirit now, but it won't be in the future. It won't disappear after the dungeon closes, otherwise the dungeon would consume too much energy."
"I can use the Time-Space Divinity and the Power of the World to mark this dungeon, and then retrieve the remains of the Astral Titan when I'm strong enough."
After thinking for a while, Lin Bai made up his mind.
First, he needed to release Dean Flander, who was about to wake up.
With a thought, Lin Bai brought Flander to the ground. After a short while,
"Ugh, what happened to me?"
Dean Flander got up, clutching his head. His crystal glasses were askew. He straightened them with his hand, enduring the headache as he tried to recall what had happened last night.
But he had no recollection of it at all.
"Dean, we all went crazy last night. Ying Tian knocked you unconscious to stop you."
The breath marks on Flander's body were hard to hide, so Lin Bai simply told the truth, omitting a few details.
Flander looked down at his half-naked body, his lips twitching slightly. This was one of his favorite outfits, and now he couldn't even make a rag out of it.
"It's alright, please thank Yingtian for me."
His tone was filled with undisguised envy; having a giant dragon mount was truly wonderful.
(End of Chapter)